Buckle.



W. KOPS & H. GILES.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23. 1913.

1 M%,523 Patented June 8, 1915,,

THE NORRIS PETERS C04. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D. C

W'ALDEMAR KOPS, or NEW YORK, 1v. r., AND HARVEY ernnsor BOUNDBBOOK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNGRS T0 Kors BROS., on NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM.

BUCKLE.

Application filed April 23, 1913. Serial No. 762,974.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WALDEMAR Kors and HARVEY GILES, both citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, in the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, and at Boundbrook, in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention relates to an improvement in buckles, particularly adapted for use in connection with hose supporters, suspenders, and other like garments and articles of wearing apparel, in connection with which it is necessary to adjust the fastening devices to a desired position. I

Our present invention relates particularly to that class of buckles in which, in conjunction with a body member, is employed a slidable member, and in accordance with our invention this slidable member is so constructed as to receive and have connected thereto the end of the web or belt with which the buckle is employed, and in the use of which, when tension is applied, the slidable member is moved, as a result of-the tension, into contact with a portion of the web or belt on the inner side thereof adjacent to where the same passes through the body member of the buckle to hold the parts in position, whereas when the tension is released the slidable member may be moved in the opposite direction and away from this portion of the web or belt so that the latter may be slipped readily through the body portion of thebuckle and adjusted to the desired position therein, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the body member of our improved buckle is made. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the movable member. Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the use of the buckle in a hose supporter. Fig. 4is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section on the line 5, 5, Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross section through the slidable member, showing the manner in which the end of the web or strap is connected to the same.

Referring to the drawing, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, our improved buckle preferably comprises a body member which may be stamped up from sheet metal so as to consist of a blank .10 .comprisingSide or end members 11 and 12, transverse or connecting members 13 and 14, and an interrrnn srarns arana en ree.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11113 8, 1915.

mediate transverse member 15, apertures 16 I and 17 respectively,resulting between the members 13 and 15 and the members 14 and 15. The end members 11 and 12, in similar positions, areprovided with tongues or extensions 18 and 19 which are turned over on 1 approximately the line 20 so as to form guide-ways for a movable member, as hereinafter described; The transverse member 13 is also preferably inturned slightly on approximately the line '21, so that the inner upper edge of this member forms a gripping edge for. the fabric or other material employed with the buckle. transverse member 14 is slightly inturned I Similarly the approximately onthe line 22 for a similar:

purpose.

I The blank forming the slidable member is indicated at 23, special reference being made to Fig. 2. This blank is out along the lines 2'? and the parts thereof turned over on'each other so as to provide an obverseside 24 and a reverse side 25, the blank thereby being provided with a series of teeth 29 forming a serrated edge and an intermediate series of recesses 28, the teeth 29 remaining in alinement with the obverse side 24 while the major portion of the recesses lie in'the turned portion of the reverse side 25. At 7 either end the obverse side 24 is provided with tongues or projections. 26, extending the side edges of the obverse side 24, making hereinbefore described after the slidable member has been inserted in position with the slide at the ends thereof within the slide-ways at the ends of the body member, the opposite end of the web 31 is passed from the inside through the aperture 17 in the body of the buckle, and then from the outside to the aperture 16 in the body of the buckle, whereupon the device is then in position for use.

As will be apparent by reference to the drawing, when the tension is applied to the,

Web in use, the same will cause the movable member to slide within the slide-ways, bringing the serrated edge or teeth thereof in contact with the inner surface of the web adjacentto that point where the same passes through the aperture 17, and this serrated edge is so gripped to the fabric as to hold .the parts in the desired position, Whereas when the tension is released the slidable member is moved in the opposite direction so that the serrated edge or teeth 29 of the slidable member will be moved away from contact with the inner surface of the web or other material when, it will be understood, the same may be freely adjusted'to position by being passed in one direction or the other through the apertures 16 and 17, through which it is threaded.

It will also be noted that the end of the web or other material is so secured in the slidable member, and the slidable member so placed. in the body of the buckle that the end of the web adjacent to the point where it leaves the slidable member is over-turned against one edge thereof. This, as will be understood, provides a binding action between the fabric in the movable member,

tending to relieve the pull of the fabric and thus assist in maintaining the end thereof within the slidable member. It is further to be noted that the parts are so constructed that after the Web or other material is passed through the member of the buckle, the material itself forms a stop which limits the eXtent of the movement in the slidable 1 member Within the slide-ways of the body of the buckle.

We claim as our invention:

A buckle comprising a body member having transverse parallel slots therein and i overturned parts at the sides to form slideways with the adacent portions thereof, a U-shaped gripping member separable from the body member and adapted at its ends to fit and move Within the said slide-Ways, a series of teeth stamped from the reverse side of the said gripping member and lying in substantially the same plane as the obverse side thereof, and a strip of material secured at one end between the parts of the Ushaped gripping member folded over the edge of the reverse side thereof and threaded through one of the slots in the body mem her from the rear thereof and through the other slot in the body member from the front thereof so that the gripping member lies between and is maintained in position in the body member by those portions of the said strip of material which are threaded through the slots of the body member.

Signed by us this third day of April 1913.

WALDEMAR KOPS. HARVEY GILES.

Witnesses:

J. B. Ln Briana, BERTHA M. ALLEN.

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Washington, D. G. 

